http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholicshttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/46719/Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:28:35 +0200On February 4, 2012 in Rome the new Catechism of the UGCC “Christ Is Our Easter” was presented to clergy, monastics, and students and on February 5 to the Greek Catholic laity living in and around Rome.UGCChttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/apostolic_nunciatura/46706/Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:54:09 +0200The web site of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych published the greeting address to Pope Benedict XVI on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the states.Apostolic Nunciaturahttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/apostolic_nunciatura/46698/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:13:04 +0200On February 7, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, visited the Ukrainian Catholic University as part of his trip to Lviv.Apostolic Nunciaturahttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc_kp/46669/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:03 +0200Patriarch Filaret, the head of the Kyivan Patriarchate, stated on a program of Channel 5 that no dialogue has been conducted between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church but that both churches hold the Ukrainian statehood position.UOC KPhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/theology/46620/Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:03 +0200The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, celebrated a liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic University on February 2.Theology and religious educationhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/rcc_in_ukraine/46596/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:20:56 +0200A celebratory mass on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the transfer of the capital of the Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church from Halych to Lviv was held on February 1, in the Latin Cathedral.RCC in Ukrainehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/faith_and_weapon/46588/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:55:01 +0200On 30 January, in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), the Conference of the Chief Military Chaplains of the NATO Countries was launched.Faith and weaponhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46561/Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:59:43 +0200"I still believe conflicts need to be resolved more energetically, if not fully, in order for this meeting to be successful," the Patriarch said in an interview with the Serb newspaper Vecherniye Novosti.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/46556/Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:25:30 +0200The London branch of the Ukrainian Youth Association hosted a presentation on Saturday, January 28th, on the life of Josyf Slipyj, Cardinal and Patriarch, who spent 18 years in Soviet concentration camps persecuted for his faith and allegiance to the Ukrainian Catholic Church.UGCChttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/world_news/46525/Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:05:27 +0200Religious leaders and the founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab today discussed the possibility of establishing a Global Forum on Ethics.The issue of ethics has been high on the agenda at the Davos summit with Mr Schwab saying he wants this year's forum to place particular emphasis on it.World newshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/vatikan/46494/Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:01:05 +0200Pope Benedict XVI believes that in a noisy world of constant communication people need silence more than ever.Vaticanhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46480/Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:31:02 +0200On January 21, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, in the Church of St. Paul of the Roman Catholic Church, an interdenominational prayer meeting was held as part of the World Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46475/Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:16:03 +0200Representatives of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), Roman Catholic Church (RCC), Armenian Apostolic Church and the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith participated in an interdenominational prayer for unity held on January 24 in the chapel of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU).Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/46459/Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:33:00 +0200On 20-23 January, in Kyiv, the meetings of the 15th (30th) session of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church were held.UGCChttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46449/Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:29:01 +0200On January 22, representatives of Christian Churches of Ukraine jointly prayed for the unity of Christianity in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kyiv.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/mukachevo_gce/46444/Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:54:27 +0200Archbishop-elect William Skurla, 55, of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, NJ, will be enthroned April 18 at 2 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Munhall.Greece-catholic eparche of Mukachevohttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/46435/Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:32:01 +0200Archbishop Lubomyr Husar of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) expressed his satisfaction with the present leadership of Patriarch Sviatoslav in an interview to Unian.UGCChttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_ceremonies/46359/Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:11:01 +0200Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) initiated an ecumenical prayer to be held at 6 p.m., on January 22, in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the UGCC.Religious ceremonies and pilgrimagehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/46414/Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:30:38 +0200On January 18 Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk met with the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine Mykhailo Kulyniak and Deputy Minister Yurii Bohutskyi.Catholicshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46397/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:44:53 +0200Lutheran and Catholic bishops addressed Metropolitan Ahafangel (Savin) of Odesa and Izmail of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate with an open letter.Interchurch relations